Articles tagged with "wishful thinking"
We may be in the cellar but we are going to make the most of it
By Melissa | May 13th, 2008If you watched Saturday's game, you know there were a lot of corner kicks. There were so many corner kicks, our little section wondered if the Quakes were in the process of breaking a new record. Well whaddya know, we did! The Earthquakes and Co ...
Caltrain sucks ass
By Melissa | April 14th, 2008I got this email in my Inbox on Saturday: Thank you for your request for post-game train accommodations after the San Jose Earthquakes' games in Santa Clara. Unfortunately Caltrain is not in a position to add service because of budget reasons, ...
Need a bar in the East Bay with Direct Kick
By Melissa | April 9th, 2008So now's the time for a healthy dose of positive affirmations brought to you by the good folks at The Offsides. I've got a new dilemma so I'm asking the internets for help on this. Turns out a small group of San Jose and Chicago supporters want to ...
Learn to speak hip
By Melissa | April 7th, 2008Everybody around here is waiting impatiently for the deets on Saturday's tailgates (myself included). On the news front, Embele Awipi has an interview with Kei Kamara. Also, Joe Cannon was on last night's Sports Sunday but the site doesn't seem to ...
Quakes coverage! Lots and lots of Quakes coverage!
By Melissa | April 2nd, 2008This is great. Now I can just point to all the extremely smart and thorough news articles out there and spend the rest of my time on this blog talking smack, posting irreverent and slightly inappropriate content, and just generally entertaining mys ...
Tell Caltrains whats up
By Melissa | March 27th, 2008If you are unfamiliar with the area around Buck Shaw stadium, let me tell you right now that parking is a bitch and on game-day, will probably be crazy expensive. Luckily, there's a Caltrains stop two blocks away. Unluckily, on weekday nights, the ...
I wasn't serious about the chicken of the sea thing
By Melissa | March 25th, 2008A friend of mine has a roommate who is currently trying to decide which law school to attend. He apparently got accepted to a few places but is dead set on NYU because after he spoke to a graduate at some event, she informed him she lived in Pacific Heig
Coffee with Doyle?
By Melissa | March 22nd, 2008I think many of us got a pretty interesting email in our Inboxes yesterday. Turns out, Soccer Silicon Valley has a new incentive plan for members to recommend new season ticket buyers. If we hit certain marks, we get a few gifts that I have to say are v
Jerseys now available at MLSgear
By Melissa | March 17th, 2008The home and away official replica jerseys are for sale over at MLSgear. I'm posting a pic of the away kit because I think it looks the best. A mean $64.99 plus whatever extra fees will put one of these into your hott little hands - hopefully in time fo
I'm an idiot (with an UPDATE)
By Melissa | March 11th, 2008The USL site is streaming the Quakes v Toronto Carolina Cup game at 3pm on Saturday. They've moved the links to their streams over to the main USL Live page. Ok everyone in the Bay Area, pool your collective techie minds and start figuring out how to tu
Ballin'? y/n?
By Melissa | March 9th, 2008If the readers recall, last month, sf over at The Offside Rules posted a photo of Nick Garcia at his KC Wizards going away party and posed this question to the blogosphere: did the photo prove that Nick was ballin' out of control? Well, on that vein, I'v
Meh
By Melissa | March 6th, 2008Looks like there's no new news in the Yay today. I'm currently trying to find out if this scrimmage against UC Berkeley is for realsies happening tomorrow since the calbears site is eerily quiet on the subject. I've sent a few emails out so maybe I'll g
For sale: one sports team
By Melissa | March 6th, 2008Don't panic, its not the Earthquakes. Rather, the new Women's Professional Soccer League is looking for someone to own and operate a Bay Area team. According to Commissioner Tonya Antonucci, the price is somewhere between $1.9 million to $2.8 million an
A Couple of Quakes Questions
By Melissa | February 29th, 2008I've been unable to shake this head cold for over a week now so I'm lying in bed, catching up on the internets, and pondering two somewhat interesting Quakes-related articles. Firstoff, Luis Bueno notes that our Management is eager to offload draft pic
For Sale
By Melissa | February 26th, 2008I should perhaps make a craigslist posting but I figure I'll try here first. I've got two extra tickets to Sunday's Mexico v Australia game for sale. They are $24 each and in section 106 (row 20something). Looking at the Oakland Coliseum seating chart,
Save the HULK
By Melissa | February 22nd, 2008The latest Joe Cannon blog is up on the official Quakes site. He doesn't really spend a lot of time commenting on last week's games against Houston. Instead it's full speed ahead with pre-season (although he does give a little shout out to Saturday's Pu
Benny, quit being an ass and take a pay cut
By Melissa | February 21st, 2008Or rather, to Benny's agent: quit being an ass. The poker face tactic may backfire on your client and I'll be very very angry. I'm already very very angry today, but for personal reasons that have nothing to do with soccer. So lets not aggravate it any
Dear Cheryl Cole
By Melissa | February 20th, 2008Definitely dump that asswipe. Don't think about it, just do it. Also, I know you are grieving right now and stuff because you look very sad in those tabloid pictures. But please please please, stop moping around, channel your pain, and focus on making
Dear Alyssa Milano
By Melissa | February 20th, 2008I just want to say I think your Touch clothing line is really cool. I think any female fan of a men's sport will agree, its a real pain in the ass to find a comfortable and flattering way to wear one's support for their favorite team. You've certainly
Ives says: Waldo fired, San Jose's roster not complete. Ok, I'm joking (or am I?).
By Melissa | February 6th, 2008Yeah sorry, I couldn't resist. But wait – Wynalda IS a veteran MLS goal scorer. Realistically though, Ives says he may wind up on our local broadcast team. Awesome. I'm one of the few who really liked him as a commentator. So the Quakes are appar
Feilhaber says: Derby still in talks with MLS. San Jose's roster not complete. Hey Doyle, make it happen.
By Melissa | February 6th, 2008Is there anything else to add to this post? The title really says it all. Our boy Benny is in Houston this week to maybe play in tomorrow's Mexico friendly. In an interview with the NY Times' Goal blog, he comes straight to the point and says he just w
My corporate presentation on the upcoming 2008 MLS season
By Melissa | February 4th, 2008My assistants were working around the clock this weekend crunching numbers and fiddling with charts and graphs and such to bring you this report. I think it will be very informative. Firstoff, here's our prediction for the La Galaxy who now technicall
See ya Nate
By Melissa | January 28th, 2008It looks like Nate Jaqua is going to sign with SCR Altach today. My #1 wish for Nate to don the new Earthquakes kit just got tossed out the window (but a great move for Jaqua). Most importantly, with the departure of Jaqua and Ngwenya, I think the likel
Its raining soccer
By Melissa | January 25th, 2008Well, it certainly has been raining. Not only do Bay Area fans get to look forward to a few pre-season Quakes games, but our FO helped organize a friendly between Mexico's and Australia's Olympic squads for Sunday March 2 at 2pm in Oakland. Tickets for
A very inspiring piece in the Merc
By Melissa | January 24th, 2008I keep meaning to suggest to theoffside keepers we create a spot for a US women's blog. And I'd even do the ground work (i.e. the writing part) to keep it moving and up to date and all that. After last summer's World Cup fiasco, the unveiling of the ne
Pre-draft musings
By Melissa | January 17th, 2008Firstoff, did anyone get a chance to go check out the vagina couch for sale on craigslist yesterday? The original cl post was removed, but thank goodness the Best Week Ever blog picked up on it (and included pictures!). As for the Quakes, there have b
In Yallop we trust
By Melissa | January 15th, 2008San Jose has the first and fifteenth pick for this Friday's SuperDraft and TheFrank has made it very clear he will likely trade his picks for MLS veterans. Needless to say, I'm not getting overly excited about this event. A few journalists attended the
You can't get hyphy in Houston
By Melissa | January 14th, 2008But you certainly can get crunk. After watching the video below of Mike Jones kicking it up a notch at the Dynamo Championship Rally in November, I'm starting to wonder if the real reason San Jose moved to Houston was solely because Jones offered his end
Lets talk uniforms
By Melissa | January 13th, 2008This week, a few MLS teams released photos of their snazzy new kits for the 2008 season. San Jose unveiled theirs a few months ago to correspond with John Doyle's hiring and our very own assistant coach made good use of his part time modeling experience
Petition to bring Joe Cannon back to San Jose
By Melissa | January 7th, 2008Personally, I'm a bit torn. I seriously doubt Preston Burpo would've wound up in San Jose if there was even a remote possibility Joe Cannon could return in '08. Well, who am I to know the inner workings of MLS trade deals? But TheCannonâ„¢ certainly ha
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